Thursday 30 October 2014

The Vikings Are Coming!

The Vikings Are Coming!



139 Old Norse Words That Invaded The English Language



When I say “Old English” what comes to mind? The ornate, hard-to-read script? Reading Beowulf in your high school English class? The kinds of figurative compound nouns – or kennings – like “swan of blood” and “slaughter-dew” that have sustained heavy metal lyrics for decades?

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